The Many Faces of Freddie Mercury

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Freddie Mercury’s portrayal often revolves around his showmanship and debauchery. This video explores other sides of him that are seldom mentioned, such as his loneliness, sense of humor, and strong business savviness.
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00:00 Who was Freddie Mercury?
01:24 Music is just a big business
02:06 The resentful side - Trident & Norman Sheffield
03:20 John Reid & A Night at the Opera
04:02 Queen members taking over the management
04:40 Marketing ‘A Night at the Opera’
05:03 Music videos to sell records
06:50 The politically incorrect side
07:30 Songs as commercial products
09:25 Healthy competition outside the band
10:03 Healthy competition within the band
10:43 Worried about keeping up an image
11:40 Breaking the image barrier
12:28 Injecting some fun into the band
13:03 A very strong work ethic…
14:50 …until the very end of his life
15:20 The shy and lonely sides
17:05 The only friend I can refer to
17:40 The vulnerable side - A man of extremes
18:00 The mischievous side - Growing up in India
18:34 The practical side - It’s just a job
19:20 The funny side
19:30 Illness
20:10 Bringing a smile on a sour face
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@bella.bee333 5 ай бұрын

i don't want to sound cheesy, but Freddie Mercury was really one of those people that I'm so glad that God put on this earth. to share his talent, and his love for making something so beautiful... i love it. he's brought a smile to my sour face so many times, and I am so thankful!

@joeldavidssonparodies670 4 ай бұрын

Sorry but you don't sound cheesy, you sound stupid because you believe there is a god... Christianity is homophobic so why bring a god up when you are talking about Freddie?

@susanbischoff2559 Ай бұрын

When my time is up. My only Regret will be never seeing Queen Live! Freddie Mercury Will Always Be the BEST of the BEST! He had more Talent in his Little Finger than most! As a Front Man, WOW. Science is still studying His Vocal Range, Calling Him Unbelievable! I Love Queen. But my Heart Belongs to Freddie! RIP Freddie Mercury ❤❤

@Squeakyqueen71 4 ай бұрын

I’m always sad when people see Freddie as a heartless person because he’s not only the kindest person god put on this earth but that man saved my life

@oyashirosamabrasileiro 4 ай бұрын

people always refer to Freddie as that extravagant, crazy party man who would always be the big head and that is the image Queen wanted people to have of him in the movie, but the reason i love Freddie so much is because i identify with him, the feeling of being lonely even if you have so much and your only release of pain is through music

@marvalstith2749 6 ай бұрын

Freddie got his degree/diploma from a great Art school and he constantly shared his skill and thinking. They were four intelligent, educated guys who loved music and entertaining. We continue to benefit from Queens wonderfulness! And I cry . . .hmmmm ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ EDIT ... surely Freddie never imagined how very sad his leaving would affect generations to come.

@Squeakyqueen71 4 ай бұрын

Fred was always a kind soul he never meant any harm to anybody and If people think he’s either just a selfish diva or only in it for the money I’ll be joining him in heaven

@susannemuris2088 4 ай бұрын

I've been a Queen fan since 1975, and I think the humor in Freddie has been obvious from the start. Also the fact that he's really intelligent.

@LillyRose924 6 ай бұрын

You did a brilliant job putting these clips together showing why Queen has such Staying Power. I truly enjoy watching this.

@stevenbootes1979 6 ай бұрын

Like the reference to an underrated Freddie classic there 👍

@LillyRose924 6 ай бұрын

@@stevenbootes1979 thank you. Great stuff xx

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@TheRjb2010 6 ай бұрын

The Freddie Mercury that we never knew. He really was much more that what we saw and read. Thank you for this.

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Dee-oq9ui 4 ай бұрын

LONG LIVE FREDDIE MERCURY!!!! DEFINITELY AN ALL TIME ICON!!!! ALWAYS AND FOREVER!!!!!

@jomoore740 5 ай бұрын

Freddie mercury he is the best singer i have ever herd and so lovely looking to is voice is so perfect when he speaks

@bsquared4604 5 ай бұрын

How could we ever forget you Freddie?!

@debra2700 5 ай бұрын

It's heartbreaking that Brian and Roger felt the need to trash Freddie in Bohemian Rhapsody and make him look like a spoiled, selfish diva when all we have to do is watch these interviews and see that Freddie was kind, compassionate and always credited the other members of the band for their talent and contributions.

@m.i.action8148 5 ай бұрын

Brian and Roger very much loved Freddie. They didn’t trash him, sure the movie was a bit off of reality but they all were a different than how the script was written. It was meant to be a very surface level of the members since they had their entire career to go through in two hours with no seeable sequels until after the release. Truth is they were like a family, ups and downs, fights. People fail to see how it really shows how broken Freddie felt at times through his relationship with Paul Prenter. Queen really struggled because of Pauls influence on Freddie. Of course Freddie knew what Paul was doing, he used him to fill a void in his life which nearly broke the band. Even in Freddie’s dark dry humor there is some truth to it. Many interviews you can hear how Freddie had a very emotional upbringing that stayed with him.

@mikaylachapman9036 5 ай бұрын

Brian and Roger had almost nothing to do with Bohemian Rhapsody's script. They were producers and consultants on the film, and they worked a lot with the cast, but they had very little say in the film's writing. They didn't trash Freddie, the writers did.

@debra2700 5 ай бұрын

@@mikaylachapman9036 Brian and Roger had everything to do with the movie. They were the ones who negotiated with and fired Sacha Baron Cohen because after six years of discussions, Cohen said he thought the idea of Freddie dying half way through the movie of AIDS and the remaining three going on "from strength to strength" was ridiculous, that you didn't kill off the lead character half way into a movie. Brian and Roger were producers. Producers produce a movie and they have complete input and control over the final product. Would you stand by and allow the man you claim to love and respect get trashed and made to look like a spoiled, selfish diva and make $90 million each doing so? If the writers trashed Freddie, Brian and Roger could have walked away instead of basking in the glory of the movie but they chose not to do so.

@Meme-in6xq 5 ай бұрын

He wasn’t an angel. He partied, did drugs, and had fights. He did have his diva moments.

@debra2700 5 ай бұрын

@@m.i.action8148 Yet Brian, Roger and even John were portrayed as three choir boys who were embarrassed by and put up with Freddie's wild partying as if none of us ever heard of Queen's wild parties or that Freddie was the only one to leave Queen for solo work and ignore the fact that Brian and Roger had done so first when the thing that really bothered them was that Freddie was given a huge advancement for Mr. Bad Guy so that scene of Freddie storming out of the room after hurling insults at the others was invented to help the real men deal with jealousy they couldn't get past decades after Freddie's death. Brian, Roger and John cheated on their wives and girlfriends and could easily have gotten AIDS from women because it happens but it was Freddie's sex life on display in the movie. Yes, Freddie was temperamental but it was that fire in Freddie that made him creative and gifted and yes, Prenter was a pain but it was Freddie who suffered the most for that twisted relationship and tell me that there was no drama going on in the lives of the others that Freddie had to put up with. Does Anita Dobson ring a bell and Brian's "heartbreaking" song about how painful it was for him to cheat on his wife and have to decide which woman he loves more. Yep, no drama there.

@soniamariafernandesgoncalv1332 6 ай бұрын

He was a wonderful man really ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Yes!

@soniamariafernandesgoncalv1332 6 ай бұрын

@@3minuteswithMarc and a wonderful man that I had a pleasure to met and that I loved só much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@kaymalone7428 6 ай бұрын

x @@3minuteswithMarca

@kuntumlaleanqueezer 6 ай бұрын

I miss Freddie 😢

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Yep

@MtzPat1 6 ай бұрын

This was such a good video and thank you for being so respectful of Queen and Freddie some of these videos out now about his personal life are Disgusting. He knew Mary was his only true friend he could count on. I would love to see another kind video about this talented wonderful man. His music gives me hope and pleasure everyday❤❤❤

@dianecourtney2724 6 ай бұрын

I agree completely

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@lorenzomeloni6088 5 ай бұрын

The best analysis ever put together on Freddie and Queen, with not a single word but their own. Amazing job. And what clever, guarded, self-conscious, self-ironic people they were.

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@mayaswedlin3236 6 ай бұрын

Becaz of this man I fell in love with Iran and started learning the Persian language.. And u know what, Freddie is a real Persian.. Extremely Handsome, kind, intelligent, with flaming eyes n flamboyant appearance.. I have even met a guy in a Tehran bazaar who sold carpets and looked almost like Freddie.. I felt really awkward n didn't say anything to him.. Now I wonder if he really is aware of this himself 😅

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Wow

@thing_under_the_stairs 4 ай бұрын

If you're interested in Persian singers, have you heard of the Persian-Canadian Broadway star Ramin Karimloo? He was born in Tehran, but grew up in Toronto, where he saw The Phantom of the Opera, and decided that he was going to do that one day. And he did! I knew him very briefly in middle school, and we were the most excited kids on that fateful school trip, him because he wanted to sing, and me because I was a baby dancer who wanted to be in ballet school. I never became a professional dancer, but his voice, looks, and stage presence have me convinced along with Freddie than nobody can own a stage like a Persian guy!

@celiamolina-rg7cr 3 ай бұрын

Come down people. Many inaccuracies, non of them were saints, but the movie was about Freddie, the best thing to get the attention of the audience was the way they portrayed him. He wasn’t a saint, but he was better artistically than the film presented him. But no wariest, the movie put Queen again into the spotlight. People started searching for the band, Queen is four intelligent members. There is not Freddie or Brian’s guitar playing that made them famous, there was four of them, people starting searching and their legacy gets to the point that they were just as famous or more than they were before. We can’t change the past or the movie, but we can enjoy their music, choose the band mates of your preference, and continues to enjoy their songs passing their legacy to new generations. Freddie is death, but his legacy and Queen’s legacy continues alive.

@ma-shina 6 ай бұрын

I´ve seen a lot videos about Freddie in last years but this one is propably the most interesting!

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@AndyMangele 5 ай бұрын

A very good compilation - especially when you consider that Freddie wasn't all to keen on doing interviews!

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@jomoore740 5 ай бұрын

I have seen everythink about Freddie and still will whach them all the time that means queen as well they are the best ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@ginger1126 6 ай бұрын

I've loved every single minute of this video thanks for makeing it

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@seagreenspiral 5 ай бұрын

Wow, so glad my melancholy blues was in there...

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Of course!

@herszch 4 ай бұрын

God, I enjoyed this video so much, thank you for putting this together and organize them in a way to understand each of his perspectives of life. Freddie is more than an icon to me, was my life savior, he took my hand in my lonelinest years and when I met Queen all my life changed. I'm alive because of them. His mind, music, voice is tender, sweet to my ears and I just cannot stop enjoying their music, the sundtrack of my last 15 years. Thanks, thanks, thanks. Thank you Freddie ♥♥♥♥

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@NPGLAMB 5 ай бұрын

I loved this video. ❤he is one of my favorites. I love seeing him as a human and not the character media makes him out to be.

@dianecourtney2724 6 ай бұрын

I love Freddie and wish he was my accountant 😂✌🏼💛

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Yeah

@aerz03 6 ай бұрын

This was a good watch, thanks for making it!

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@csvscs 6 ай бұрын

This is probably better than that recent freddie mercury movie. Idk havent seen it

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Different scope I guess

@AriaMohtadiHaghighi 5 ай бұрын

An amazing, attentively put together and well-researched set of interviews, and deep cuts of interviews. Quite possibly better than some of the more well-known documentaries and featurettes on Freddie. One could basically know the man from his own words, and his own lyrics. And you've managed to put forth the best bits here. Great job and best wishes from Iran.

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words!! Cheers

@AriaMohtadiHaghighi 5 ай бұрын

@@3minuteswithMarc Thank you for your kindness. I appreciate it!

@kristiedaniels9325 6 ай бұрын

This was beautiful! We miss you Freddie!!!! ❤❤❤❤

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@eustaciasworld9001 6 ай бұрын

Love this video 😄xx

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the support!!

@pimpozza 6 ай бұрын

Beautifully put together.. 👏 Really enjoyed it! Great job..

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@sebastiangamezgodoy3172 6 ай бұрын

Amazing video

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@alilabrado1421 6 ай бұрын

Este video muestra la verdadera personalidad de Freddie. Muy bien hecho este video. Gracias por compartir. Me encanta Queen. ¡Nadie como ellos!

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

@gizemadalioglu 5 ай бұрын

Yes, Freddie was not the arrogant and always promiscuous man as media made him. His stage persona and his private life was so different. And yes he lived premiscuously in one period of his life but IT WAS HIS LIFE and he hurt absolutely nobody while doing it. But I do know that Freddie kinda felt lonely even when he was not lonely. It was his inner feeling not the reality. I am not his psychologist that's why I cannot really analyze the reason but his personal assistant Peter Freestone said the same thing. He said Freddie had very large close circle, and he lived with his closest friends and his husband who all took care of him every single day until he died. Phoebe (Peter Freestone) said that he had his ups and downs and whenever his mood is low, or he was mad at his friends he would say he was lonely. I am happy that he was actually not lonely and there was a lot of people around who he trusted on but it is sad that Freddie still felt lonely time to time.

@fastica 4 ай бұрын

8:58 He created the first big stadium song. A precursor.

@deericcio3379 6 ай бұрын

Good job mate , bravo , it cracks me up as a fellow pianist , how he says he can’t read music , at least very well, of course Freddie could read music , he look piano lessons at least 5 years and was grade 5 more than likely . He composed for all instruments.

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@stevenbootes1979 6 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff! Very well edited and put together, thank you 👍

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@leed119 6 ай бұрын

Very nicely put together. Thank you for posting this.

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@juanmanuelsanteiro1238 5 ай бұрын

What job have you put into this...I'm a longlife queen fan and there are some things I had not seen them yet....no need for the biopic: all what you must know for queen is here....congratulations!

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

@dugl 5 ай бұрын

This video is such amazing piece of work, thank you, Freddie probably is my favorite person of all human history

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@laurieprice535 5 ай бұрын

Great video.Freddie is an absolute darling.The other guys are great too. Long live the Queen

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Thx!!

@priyadaga1132 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video. Thank you for remembering queen. To Freddie Mercury guys 🥹❤️

@theliberationstation8457 4 ай бұрын

beautiful. the best mini doc on Freddie and Queen of any I've seen.

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Wow thanks!!

@cathyshaw-kalloo237 5 ай бұрын

OHHHH i love this. I've seen most of these interviews, but there were still a few bits new to me 🥰 .... and so beautifully edited. Most people in the world never get to see Freddie's real personality, his intelligence, his generosity of spirit, his delightful charming demeanor, his beautiful way of speaking.... This really showcases him in such a loving way. What a lovely, lovely man. ahhh Freddie, we miss you down here. 💔

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@basstian 5 ай бұрын

The editing's magnificent! Well done!

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@Alex-pg9oe 6 ай бұрын

Will watch later!

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

🙌

@user-cq1wv7rz3h 5 ай бұрын

❤Он восхитительный,классный, лучший! Браво!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@cibetty 5 ай бұрын

I loved this clip, thank you for sharing!

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it!

@KRAZEEIZATION 4 ай бұрын

Queen are the champions of rock!

@graceoline 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 Loved this. Very relatable

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Aj_Sings 5 ай бұрын

Tnx for this, man!

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it!

@crisjarabo3645 6 ай бұрын

Freddie, cuanto significas para mi. Envidio a Mary, q siempre t acompaño en tu complicado camino personal. Fuiste unico. Y lo eres. Te encantaba la Navidad. A nosotros también. Contigo. ❤❤❤❤

@dominiquehamel8736 6 ай бұрын

C'est Mary et non Marie

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

I see it as Mary on the original comment, perhaps a translation that set it to Marie?

@daneeag3372 5 ай бұрын

This is really well done 👏

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@juromori 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful video!

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-er3ri6sc3j 6 ай бұрын

I like this. Thank you. It's like a blender.

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@experience5988 5 ай бұрын

Probably one of the best Queen´s video I´ve seen in my life.

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@experience5988 5 ай бұрын

@@3minuteswithMarc I am 40 years old, i´ve seen them all. "the maginc years" was the Saint Graal back then. But your video was like.. well, I have no words. PURE GOLD!

@kristgeo 5 ай бұрын

Great video!

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@carlos.solis.guerrero 5 ай бұрын

Masterpiece video.

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@MartinWigerstedt 6 ай бұрын

YES I THINK SOO TOO ,LOVE HIM FREDDIE ❤❤ AND QUEEN MW SWEDEN

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Yes

@stephaniecrespo650 3 ай бұрын

Of the world 🌎

@csvscs 6 ай бұрын

If you want to provide escapism music you yourself have to escape from writing politically religous etc .

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

Yep

@filipdahl6774 5 ай бұрын

wow

@jarno18681 3 ай бұрын

I want that yellow sweater

@lucilleconsenza8239 2 ай бұрын

If you want the yellow sweater Mary auctioned all his stuff off you could have bought it

@rachellarios6618 3 ай бұрын

Freddie wasn't perfect but don't we all have a past !!!

@celiamolina-rg7cr 2 ай бұрын

I think the movie had a lot of inaccuracies. Personally I don’t care too much about it. Why? Because it let open a can of warms. In one hand people digging in Queen music, created a new generation of fans after they saw the movie. People was interested to know not only Queen’s discography, but everything about them. I think it helps all of them get the recognition each one deserves as individuals and as a group of musicians. None of them were saints they are human. Freddie Mercury was the center and the main character of the band, because his lifestyle. People was or are chocking that he was gay, and rejected him for that, focused only in that part of his personal life and his flaws. Most don’t want to hear his music or anything else about him because he was gay. Otherwise the movie let people go dig more in his life “Freddie’s life, personal, private, and as a musician. It gives him a chance gets him a lot of new fans. Fans that appreciate him for what he was. No matter of his lifestyle or flaws, they love him, his music, his talents, accepting him as a human being regardless of his bad choices and mistakes. Professional he was unique and worked very hard to become the person he wanted to be as a musician.

@annephillips8494 2 ай бұрын

For me Sheer Heart Attack will always be real Queen Special, superior.

@Medo-ge3bb 2 ай бұрын

Can you please do mad sounds - arctic monkeys keyboard cover? Thank you!

@Ricardo27363 3 ай бұрын

16:55 song ??????

@3minuteswithMarc 3 ай бұрын

A cover of Melancholy Blues, the cover imitates Louis Armstrong (not AI generated), you can find it on the youtube channel GliEunuchi

@todd3563 5 ай бұрын

This was great. I love that Freddie never delved into politics. Green Day should take note.

@bruisedviolets 5 ай бұрын

maybe cuz green day is a punk band lol?

@todd3563 5 ай бұрын

@@bruisedviolets They're a pop band pretending to be punk. Eyeliner does not make you punk.

@bruisedviolets 5 ай бұрын

@@todd3563 yeah whatever but even if they are trying to be punk punk music is literally political music !!!! So idk what you rlly mean

@doodlebob3758 5 ай бұрын

6:51 😂

@user-xr7pw9tg1p 6 ай бұрын

Freddie Mercury❤ was robbed😮😢😢

@3minuteswithMarc 6 ай бұрын

But then wrote an amazing song thanks to that

@dalemcmillen5065 4 ай бұрын

Misunderstood?

@3minuteswithMarc 4 ай бұрын

Misportrayed

@lin9821 5 ай бұрын

I loved this guy since I first saw Queen on totp in feb 74 singing Seven seas of Rhye but his bragging about how rich he is I’ve always found totally disgusting 😢😢😢

@marvalstith2749 5 ай бұрын

Freddie acknowledging 'rich' is, to me, due to the perfect character I ascribe to Freddie Mercury. However, while understandably recalling how we know, thru prying interviewers, of his over-the-top spending AND generosity - GOOD, he has money (is rich) and it's nothing he is coveting. His mind and body worked diligently for it...he's not bragging, acknowledging a fact. Good for him. Many of us who are 'wanting' and 'needing' are also 'rich' compared to many others.

@jodawson5268 2 ай бұрын

You do realise he was tounge in cheek about stuff, not to be taken that seriously.

@404no57 5 ай бұрын

lmao that a ridiculous amount of ads to slap on a compilation of other peoples videos 😅😅

@3minuteswithMarc 5 ай бұрын

Well it took weeks of research, editing and weaving/storytelling, but looks like I didn't do a great job at it since you think it's just a compilation. It's a new format for me so still learning, hopefully I'll get better